Foldable wringer



Oct. 30, 1928.

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Patented 0a. 30, 1928.

form .r. enonmr, or PHILADELPKIA, PENNSYL A IA.

1 FoLnAfBLn WBINGER.

7 ori inal application med-Jur 2a, 1922; Serial in. 576,827. Divided and this application filed 'Ju1y'20,

1 .1923. seria1'No.6 52,802.

This invention relates to improvements in 'wringers and contemplates as a primary object theconstruction of a wringer wh ch shall be bothrotatable and foldab-le, the folding not to affect the ro-tatability of the wringer.

This application is a division of my pend- I ing. application Serial No. 57 6,827 filed July 22, 1922, which has matured into Patent No. 1,564,136 of December 1, 1925, and is directed exclusively to the wringer mechanism as shown in that application.

Oneof the principal objects of the invention "is to provide a swinging and foldable wringer with the usual drain boards attached thereto which may be folded within the cabinet of a washing machine.

Another object of the inventionis to pro duce a wringer of this nature which can be folded without the necessity of throwing any of the gearing out of operation, whereby the standard construction of wringer maybe used, and the'loose connections and wear due to havingto throw gears into and out of mesh, may bee-liminated.

Another object of the invention is to produce a. device of this nature which shall be simple of construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient for the purpose for which it is designed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1-is a perspective view of a portion of the cabinet and the wringermounted thereon. v 1

Figure 2-is a verticalsectional view showing a side elevation of the drive-mechanism and showing the wringer folded in full lines and in upright position indotted, lines.

FigureB-is a top showing the oscil wringer. 1 v

Figure V4is a. vertical sectionalview of the gear box of the wringer and the adjacent Like characters of reference refer to like table positions of the Referring to thedrawing in detail, 17 represents a portion of the washing-machine cabinet with which the wringer is to be assoclated and on which it is to be mounted.

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Mounted'on this framework or cabinet is a" motor 32 ofthe usual'type utilized for driving washing machines and including a motor shaft 33 which may beconnected by any suitable gearing to drive the upright shaft '36.

The shaft 36 is supported in uprightpost tion by any suitable bearings and'carried at I its upper end a bevel gear 87 adapted to mesh with eitherfo'f the bevel gears 90 or 91 which are slidably keyed to the wringer operating shaft88. The gears 90 and 91 are preferwith an annular groove 92 which receives the end of a member 93 carried by a shaft 94 having a control handle 95.

It will be readily understood that by the above described mechanism, the direction of drive of the shaft 88 may be reversed,and the wringer turned in elther direction desired at the will of .theoperator. The gears ably formed integral and provided centrally and 91 are housed within a gear box 82- I mounted on the bracket 35,said box also has bearings for the wringer operating shaft 88.

The gearing from the shaft 88 to the wringer rolls 84; is indicated at 75 in Figure '3, and is the usual operative gearing of a wringer mechanism. The wringer frame 83 is mounted for partial rotation aboutthe circumference of the trunnion 85 and is held in any one of a plurality of positions bya suitable spring influenced vertical plunger 98 engaging one of a plurality of recesses 98 in the trunnion 85. Inasmuch as the wringer is movable about the circumference of the trunnion 85, and the axis of the wringer "operating or driven shaft 88, it'will be readily seenthat none of the pinions are" thrown out of mesh bythe rotating of the f frame 83 from the vertical or operating to the-horizontal. or folded position and that the folding is effected entirely independent of the relation of the operating mechanism. plan view of the device,

The wringer is also rotatable on and about the axis of the shaft 36. This rotatable, ad

justable mounting of the wringer, consists of a depending hub 96 included inthe bracket 35 and which is rotatable on the shaft 36 and within the. stationary bearin sleeve 37 The hub 96 is provided intermediate its ends with a plurality of locating recesses 99any one of which may selectively register with anaperture 100 in the bearing s1eevel37. Y

Said sleeve and the casing associated with the \vringrer, are therebetneen provided with a suitable horizontal spring influenced plunger 97, for engagement in any one of the recesses 99 for the purpose of: holding the entire wringer structure in a, selected rotatably adjusted position.

While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, itis obvious that many of the parts may be varied without in any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein shown nor to anything less than the whole of my invention limitel only by the appended claim.

hat I claim is A foldable \vringer connnisin a laterally extending supporting bracket, a gear boa: on said bracket, a bearing hub integral with and depending at right angles from said bracket, a stationary bearing sleeve, said bearing hub being rotatably adjustable in said bearing sleeve, a drive shaft disposed in said hub, means cooperable between the bearing sleeve and the hub for holding the head in different selected positions and retaining the wringer against rotation about the drive shaft, a bevel gear secured to the upper end of said drive shaft and extending into said gear box, a laterally extending, driven shatt rotatably supported in said gear box, a pair of bevel gears on a portion of said driven shaft located in said gear box, mums for shifting the gears on the driven shaft, a vertical spring influenced plunger with means to retain said wringer frame in a selected position and a pinion on said driven shaft between said gear box and wringer frame for maintaining a constant mesh with and driving a set of \vringer gears.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

JOHN J. GRUDEN. 

